Confidence Quotes

Confidence in conversation has a greater share than wit.

Whatever distrust we may have of the sincerity of those who converse with us, we always believe they will tell us more truth than they do to others.

Knowing your coach has confidence in you is big for a young player.

Confidence, to my way of thinking, generally is all the magic needed to work miracles.

A bad ending follows a bad beginning.

We tend to get what we expect - both from ourselves and from others. When we expect more, we tend to get more; when we expect less, we tend to get less.

When I was growing up and somebody like Robert De Niro had a movie come out, it was a cultural event. Because he had such a confidence and a single mission that was so intimate.

There is a close connection between lack of confidence and the passionate state of mind.

I dress for myself because when I feel good, it doesn't matter what other people say. I think it's all about confidence and the way you carry yourself that draws people to you.

The positive aspect of competition in a business scenario is it helps you to be more alert and innovative.

I'm quite proud of my rear... I don't obsess over my flaws, because I see my body as a whole. Besides, I think men appreciate confidence more than perfection.

In a just cause it is right to be confident.

Even in social life, it is persistency which attracts confidence, more than talents and accomplishments.

Dance gave me a focus so I could survive, and energy so I could have confidence in myself.

I think confidence comes from doing something well, working at it hard, and you build it up. It's not something you're born with. You have to build the confidence as you go along.

Confidence and hard work is the best medicine to kill the disease called failure. It will make you a successful person.

Few and mean as my gifts may be, I actually am, and do not need for my own assurance or the assurance of my fellows any secondary testimony.

To underestimate oneself is as much an exaggeration of one's powers than the other.

I have terrible periods of lack of confidence. I just don't believe I can do it and no evidence to the contrary will sway me from that view.

Don't worry about who doesn't like you, who has more, or who's doing what.

Do it first and feel about it afterwards.' - Dagny Taggart

You won't ever build your confidence from a perception of lack. For it grows and evolves from realising who you are and what you already have.

You have to lift a person up before you can really put them in their place.

To spend your time wanting things is to smother your time for achieving things beyond your expectations.

You think you're losing your mind, but do keep in mind, as long as you may, that the ability to go on thinking such a thing means it's not all gone.

Yet how hard most people work for mere dust and ashes and care, taking no thought of growing in knowledge and grace, never having time to get in sight of their own ignorance.

Then holding the star aloft and the bright sword advanced, Frodo, hobbit of the Shire, walked steadily down to meet the eyes.

Without adversity, there would be no growth, and without growth, there would be no lesson to be learned.

Never let the opinion of another affect your opinion of yourself.

Instead of bracing yourself for the perils of the unknown, embrace the joy that is here, in your present moment.

A life without regret can be attained by full awareness of one's actions in their present moment.

Having a purpose is the little secret of the nonpretties. Something to do always beats something to look at.

Something did happen to me somewhere that robbed me of confidence and courage and left me with a fear of discovery and change and a positive dread of everything unknown that may occur.

Self-consciousness kills communication.

You can receive all the compliments in the world, but that won't do a thing unless you believe it yourself.

Social Media begins with a story - your story.

I can only strive for what is important

For many, lack of achievement is more a consequence of fear of taking a chance and getting uncomfortable.

When you think a positive thought, you become positive.

Explore. Train your conscious mind and your subconscious mind to start working for you by getting those great powers to move in a new direction. Start creating your own good luck today.

See it first in your mind, then become it.

You're gorgeous, you old hag, and if I could give you just one gift ever for the rest of your life it would be this. Confidence. It would be the gift of confidence. Either that or a scented candle

If you are able to focus unswervingly on your goals, then all that you desire will become yours.

You have to create your self-belief by going to your core to find the probable reasons for the negativity in you, and then demolish them.

Just identify the very first physical action you need to take, and do it.

The only test is what you see when you look in a mirror.

Mix with positive-minded people as a means to tap into your unexploited potential.

It is true to say that the secret of a winning formula is the ability to accept that there is a vast area of unexploited potential beyond what you currently perceive to be your maximum.

It is one thing to know what should be done, it is another to do it.

Success is simply never giving in to failure - either in mind or body.